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Peyton Barnes was getting ready to leave his stand Dec. 23 when this 171-inch monster bruiser showed up chasing a doe.

Deer of the Year

February 1, 2015 Mississippi Sportsman

Mississippi has become one of the nation’s big-buck meccas, churning out monster deer year after year. So when the 2014-15 season opened up, there was great anticipation. […]

Jeff Banderet of Kenner, La., said he was lucky when he killed this 150-inch 8-point Jan. 17 at his private club near Port Gibson in Claiborne County.

Louisianan gets Claiborne trophy 8

January 30, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Jeff Banderet has no illusions when it comes to deer hunting, and uses the 150-inch 8-point trophy buck he killed Jan. 17 in Claiborne County as a perfect example. […]

Susan Adams killed this 11-point (one kicker broken off) Jan. 2 after a two-year chase at her club in Carroll County.

Woman finally gets Carroll County trophy

January 22, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Susan Adams’ two-year pursuit of the biggest deer ever seen at her Carroll County hunting camp took more twists and turns than one of those creepy NASCAR road courses. […]

Joey Daugherty harvested the 13-point 169.1 Boone and Crockett buck on Jan. 9, 2015.

Clarke County 13-point green scored almost 170 inches

January 20, 2015 Michael O. Giles

Joey Daugherty scheduled time off to hunt for a trophy buck on his Jan. 15 birthday, but Mother Nature decided to push that plan forward. […]

Roy Oswalt took down this monster buck on his property in Lowndes County on Dec. 20. The deer scored 204 inches gross.

Oswalt’s mainframe 8 goes 204 inches gross

January 12, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Former Major League All-Star pitcher Roy Oswalt wanted his daughter Arlee to take the best buck on his property in Lowndes County, and worked hard on it for two seasons. […]

Guntown's Nash Stanford has had the hunting season of his life, with this 140-class 12-point he killed Jan. 4 making the second monster buck of the 2014-15 season.

Guntown hunter takes second trophy of the season

January 9, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Earlier this deer season, Guntown’s Nash Stanford needed and used perseverance to take a trophy public-lands buck on Upper Sardis Wildlife Management Area near Oxford. […]

Lauren Shimfessel had never killed a buck before she climbed into a Jasper County stand on Dec. 26, but she remedied that with this 160-class 12-point

First solo hunt produces 167-inch Jasper County 12-point

January 9, 2015 Michael O. Giles

Call it woman’s intuition, but Garlandville’s Lauren Shimfessel just had a good feeling as she eased to her elevated Jasper County stand about 3 pm. on Dec. 26. […]

Nathan Howell and his son Cooper celebrate after a Grenada County hunt that ended with this 171-inch New Year’s Eve buck.

Grenada man celebrates New Year’s Eve with 171-inch buck

January 9, 2015 Phillip Gentry

Nathan Howell and his 8-year-old son Cooper had one of the shortest — and best — hunts of their lives in Grenada County on New Year’s Eve. Only minutes after they sat down in a stand, a 170-inch monster buck was cooling on the ground. […]

Miserable hunt ends with 171-inch 16-point

January 7, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Peyton Barnes had pretty much given up on his rainy morning deer hunt on Dec. 23, and he was ready to get down out of his stand in Claiborne County to seek the warmth and shelter of the camp house. […]

Matt Moss just wanted to try something different when he picked a stand on his Jefferson County lease on Dec. 29, and the result was a 216-inch deer that could rank in the Top 10 in the Magnolia Records.

Louisiana hunter downs Jefferson County three-beamed monster

January 6, 2015 Greg Hicks

There’s just something about intuition and deer hunting that seem to go hand in hand. You know: That inexplicable feeling that makes you look in a certain direction at just the right time or use a call exactly when you need to. […]

Tann Hollingsworth of Terry took this 152 7/8-inch 9-point late Friday afternoon while walking to a stand with his son in the rain.

Wife takes credit for hunter’s 152 7/8-inch 9-point

January 5, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Tann Hollingsworth could have been moving furniture into their newly remodeled home in Terry Friday, which is what his wife Shannon had asked him to do. […]

Louisiana's Charles Blake crossed the border to take this beautiful Mississippi buck on his property near Fayette on Dec. 22.

155-inch monster buck killed near Fayette

December 31, 2014 Patrick Bonin

A little scouting after last season paid off big time this year for a Louisiana hunter who bagged a nice Mississippi 10-pointer dubbed the “King of the Jungle.” […]